states like louisiana, alabama, and texas, which have greatly reduced incarcerated children by 50% have not experienced a rise in youth crime. the sad irony is that as many as 3/4 of the young people incarcerated in these often brutal facilities have themselves often been victims of trauma and violence in their own lives. they are more likely, rather than less likely, to commit violent acts. you would be hard pressed if you tried to design and less effective response to a child's exposure to violence. locking them up in an overcrowded, depressing, frightening condition with other children, who have similar problems, and have little to no privacy, then they should provide a decent education rather than neglect to address the trauma and family issues that contribute to this behavior. releasing him or her to the streets, with little hope for the future of promise or possibility. this is not a recipe for success. the report was published one month ago, no place for kids -- it provides considerable detail on the flaws of these systems and recommends replacing them with evidence test based --